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Integration and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in
Postsecondary Institutions
and Beyond…Linda M. Kelly, M. Ed.
Michelle L. Mitchell, M.Ed.Disability Support Services
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Accommodations Statement
Awareness
1990
2010
People with Disabilities
People without Disabilities
11 %
19%
U.S. Census Bureau& Disability Statistic Center http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?grow=8 U.S. Census Bureau& Disability Statistic Center http://dsc.ucsf.edu/UCSF/pub.taf?grow=8
Awareness– chart on diversity
1980 1990 2000 20100.00%
50.00%
100.00%
150.00%
200.00%
250.00%
RaceColumn1Disability
Awareness
Mobility Im-
pair-ments59%Mental Health
18%
Learning Disabili-ties5%
Visual Im-pairments
7%
Hearing Im-pairments
6%Intellectual Disabilities
7%
Disability Population
2010 U.S. Census
51% of the disability population is between the ages of 21 and 64
30% of this group is employed
A large percentage of persons with disabilities report difficulty maintaining employment
Awareness
US Census Bureau
Awareness
3%
9%
11%
19%
1978
1998
2001
2010
Percentage of Students with Disabilities Entering College
Incoming Freshman with Disabilities
Prism Summer 2010 “in Their Grasp”
Awareness
1983-1990 2001-2009
Attending college within 4 years after leaving high school –
46%
9%, 4 Year institut
ions
13%,Technic
al school
18%,Community
college
26%
Unfortunately…..advanced education did not result in improved employment for students with disabilities.
Employment declined from 62% in 1990
to 56% in 2005
Unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities in the Lehigh Valley is a
shocking 33%!
Awareness
SRI International
Stop Handicapped,
Victim, Invalids Wheelchair-bound,
confined Cripple, Victim,
Invalid Normal Psycho, Crazy, Mad The blind Sufferers from
Go Person with a
disability Person who uses a
wheelchair Person with a
disability Able-bodied Has a Mental illness People who are blind Has
Perceptions